Formatting question: From text editor to adventure log page

Desert_Son
Desert_Son
edited August 2013 in Campaign Portal Building
Hello, learned Obsidian Portal visitors!

After a search I just discovered Chainsawxiv's "Sanction of Athar tips and tricks section":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/sanction/wikis/tips-tricks#2 and that provided huge help on some formatting for the adventure log pages I put in place. Thanks to Chainsawxiv for that great resource!

But I have another question about writing to the adventure log that I haven't seen anything about (maybe it's not an issue for most) so was wondering if anyone had any thoughts.

First, some background. I am not the GM for our group, and I did not set up our Obsidian Portal site. I am one of the players in our group (I play the wizard Rahab), however, and I write the adventure log as a kind of novelization of our game play. I compose in Microsoft Word before I copy/paste to the adventure log pages that I create. Once the text is there, I format with HTML, save, ta-da, the pages appear. Cool.

Except I like footnotes, and I write some pretty extensive ones, sometimes. In Microsoft Word, this is easy: Format Menu to Insert to Footnote. When I copy-paste to the adventure log creation boxes, however, the MS Word-specific footnote formatting doesn't translate. I have to hunt for the specific places I inserted footnotes, create superscript codes in HTML at those spots, and then scroll all the way to the bottom of the entry, set off a separate footnote space with a typed line, and then re-type each specific footnote, including the number and the text. Does anyone know if there is a faster way to create footnotes, or even an HTML-specific footnote coding format?

If my question is unclear, please let me know and I will try and re-phrase or add more detail.

Regardless, thanks for any help, and if anyone is interested in reading our game's story, we are located right over "here":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/geeks-distributed. It is a Rise of the Runelords Pathfinder campaign, and while our site is not the most advanced you'll see, I do hope you enjoy the story writing!

Still learning,

Robert
Adventure Log writer at "Geeks Distributed":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/geeks-distributed

Comments

  • Kallak
    Kallak
    Posts: 1,090 edited August 2013
    I don't know how well it will help you in copy/pasting from Word, but in terms of textile, you have to use their bracket method for footnotes, which looks like so:

    @This is covered elsewhere[1].@

    Then later, you have:

    @fn1. Down here, in fact.@

    EDIT:
    As sort of an afterthought, it might be worth the bother to just type the entries up that way in Word, instead of using Word's footnote setup, that way you can copy/paste without incident. This will also make your footnote numbers links to the footnote in question, whereas currently they aren't.
    Post edited by Kallak on
    All the best,
    - Kallak
  • Desert_Son
    Desert_Son
    Posts: 16
    Kallak, you magnificent wizard of markup language, you! Have a virtual frosty-cold-refreshing-beverage-of-choice! I've had to switch to offering the virtual versions, as past attempts to send thanks by pouring actual beverages into my router or USB port seem to compromise the operation of the relevant electronics.

    Thank you so much, that is a huge help.

    Still learning,

    Robert
    Adventure Log writer at "Geeks Distributed":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/geeks-distributed
  • Kallak
    Kallak
    Posts: 1,090
    Not a problem, all the best.
    All the best,
    - Kallak
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